I'm not waiting for The Star Club stuff either. It has an historical importance, but thats about it.

But in 1977 we had no internet or bootleg CDs. The release of Live! at the Star Club was a big event and our first chance to hear the Pre-fab Four. I couldn't resist purchasing the double LP! Sure, it was recorded on a home tape recorder, but we didn't care. This was a major event back then.

The Beatles Complete BBC Sessions 9 Disc Box Set was released in 1993 by Great Dane, an Italian label. I bought this set when it was released. It has most of The Beatles BBC recordings. My sister bought me Live At The BBC for my birthday in 1994. I recently bought the remastered version. There's a noticeable improvement in the audio quality of the 1994 release over the 1993 Great Dane discs. The 2013 remastered set's audio is slightly improved over the 1994 release.

But there are still a lot of recordings on the Great Dane set which haven't been put out by EMI. Here's the track listing:

FROM US TO YOU December 26, 1963 14.From Us To You (Lennon-McCartney) 15.She Loves You (Lennon-McCartney) 16.All My Loving (Lennon-McCartney) 17.Roll Over Beethoven (Berry) 18.Till There Was You (Wilson) 19.Boys (Dixon-Farrell) 20.Money (Gordy-Bradford) 21.I Saw Her Standing There (Lennon-McCartney) 22.Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport (Harris) 23.I Want To Hold Your Hand (Lennon-McCartney) 24.From Us To You (Lennon-McCartney)

FROM US TO YOU (2) March 30, 1964 1. From Us To You (Lennon-McCartney) 2. You Can’t Do That (Lennon-McCartney) 3. Roll Over Beethoven (Berry) 4. Till There Was You (Wilson) 5. I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon-McCartney) 6. Please Mr. Postman (Holland-Bateman-Gordy) 7. All My Loving (Lennon-McCartney) 8. This Boy (Lennon-McCartney) 9. Can’t Buy Me Love (Lennon-McCartney) 10. From Us To You (Lennon-McCartney)

FROM US TO YOU (3) May 18, 1964 18. From Us To You (Lennon-McCartney) 19. Whit Monday 20. I Saw Her Standing There (Lennon-McCartney) 21. Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey (Lieber-Stoller/Penniman) 22. I Forgot to Remember to Forget (Kesler-Feathers) 23. You Can’t Do That (Lennon-McCartney) 24. Sure To Fall (In Love With You) (Perkins-Claunch-Cantrell) 25. Can’t Buy Me Love (Lennon-McCartney) 26. Matchbox (Perkins) 27. Honey Don’t (Perkins)

THE BEATLES COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS, DISC EIGHT

TOP GEAR July 16, 1964 1. Top Gear Spot 2. Long Tall Sally (Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell) 3. Things We Said Today (Lennon-McCartney) 4. A Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney) 5. And I Love Her (Lennon-McCartney) 6. I Should Have Known Better (Lennon-McCartney) 7. If I Fell (Lennon-McCartney) 8. You Can’t Do That (Lennon-McCartney)

FROM US TO YOU (4) August 3, 1964 9. From Us To You (Lennon-McCartney) 10. Long Tall Sally (Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell) 11. If I Fell (Lennon-McCartney) 12. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (Lennon-McCartney) 13. Things We Said Today (Lennon-McCartney) 14. I Should Have Known Better (Lennon-McCartney) 15. Boys (Dixon-Farrell) 16. Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey (Leiber-Stoller/Penniman) 17. A Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney) 18. From Us To You (Lennon-McCartney)

FROM US TO YOU (4) RECORDING SESSION July 17, 1964 19. From Us To You (wrong words) 20. From Us To You (complete take, without voice over) 21. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (basic track) 22. I Should Have Known Better (false start) 23. I Should Have Known Better (track without harmonica)

But in 1977 we had no internet or bootleg CDs. The release of Live! at the Star Club was a big event and our first chance to hear the Pre-fab Four. I couldn't resist purchasing the double LP! Sure, it was recorded on a home tape recorder, but we didn't care. This was a major event back then.

Of course it was. Still it doesn't mean that the quality or our demand for quality is up to modern standards. I don't believe that remastering can make the album much better than it is.

Of course it was. Still it doesn't mean that the quality or our demand for quality is up to modern standards. I don't believe that remastering can make the album much better than it is.

But there was something about the "vibe" of that home tape recording that added something special to the sound of the Star Club LP, Cor. It was as though we were looking back in time when The Beatles were still in black leather and rough around the edges. Perhaps, even if those tapes could be remastered, it's best that the album stay just the way it is.

One thing is for sure, we can never rule out that we won't get something new. According to Kevin Howlett, the source tapes for the On Air set are NOT the same as those used for either the Great Dane set or the Purple Chick Unsurpassed Broadcasts set. "Things We Said Today" no longer has Brian Matthew's intro spoken over the start and there's one or two bits that I've never heard at all.

One thing is for sure, we can never rule out that we won't get something new. According to Kevin Howlett, the source tapes for the On Air set are NOT the same as those used for either the Great Dane set or the Purple Chick Unsurpassed Broadcasts set. "Things We Said Today" no longer has Brian Matthew's intro spoken over the start and there's one or two bits that I've never heard at all.

It keeps us interested (and poor, lol)!

The Beatles were very prolific in their BBC performances. Brian Epstein made sure of that. So there is much material which can be digitally remastered and released. And I believe there will be a market for this well into the future.

The Beatles themselves didn't think they had much of a future in 1964...

That was the life of a "Beat" group, 3 years and then back to the clubs or split, hopefully with a few bob in the bank.

It's hard now to go back to, say, 1963 and forget about breaking the U.S., the films, Revolver and Pepper and everything else that followed and just see it as it was then. It all seems so obvious now, their music is streets ahead of whatever else was going on but I guess then, they were just a group, without all the heavy importance we put on them now.

There's deffo gonna be volume 3. It's tempting to make one up yourself, then to see if you can stretch the idea to volume 4! I think that "Twist and Shout" was recorded over 10 times for the Beeb. Then there's the "specials" that were made by the BBC, such as "The Beatles Abroad"....let's just hope that it comes out sooner than volume 2 did after volume 1!!!

I don't agree that The Beatles were 'streets ahead of whatever else was going on' in the 60s.Is 'Day Tripper' streets ahead of 'Like A Rolling Stone'? 'Revolver' streets ahead of 'Pet Sounds'? 'Sgt. Pepper's' streets ahead of 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn'?

However, I do think that The Beatles and the 60s are streets ahead (no, light years ahead) of all the decades that followed.....though not the 50s.

Got this for Christmas and finally got a crack at it today. I just grabbed one of the CD's and threw it in the car player on my way to work and it happened to be Disc 2. Not impressed so far. Just crappier versions of old popular tunes. I'm digging the Lennon interview, but i'm only partially through it so far. I'm pretty sure i'll enjoy the other stuff better then this disc.

Got this for Christmas and finally got a crack at it today. I just grabbed one of the CD's and threw it in the car player on my way to work and it happened to be Disc 2. Not impressed so far. Just crappier versions of old popular tunes. I'm digging the Lennon interview, but i'm only partially through it so far.

I wanted to like this as much as the first one but I still like the first one best. When I heard the first one I was totally blown away but maybe it was just the fact that I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know a thing about the BBC recordings then. I borrowed it from the library and fell in love with it. I bought the remastered discs so now I'm all set.

I wanted to like this as much as the first one but I still like the first one best. When I heard the first one I was totally blown away but maybe it was just the fact that I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know a thing about the BBC recordings then. I borrowed it from the library and fell in love with it. I bought the remastered discs so now I'm all set.

I agree. The first one is my preference. Lots of covers I'd never heard them do before (except maybe on the Star Club record which hardly counts). And there were some terrific performances.

Most of the stuff on the second were done in the studio and have definitive versions that these don't add much too.